Her Majesty the Queen

Chapter 359 Summoning Qu Wanli

From the looks of it, the queen's smile was so impeccable.Feng Lin couldn't even feel the slightest aura of a king emanating from the empress, as if the one in front of her was not Her Majesty the Empress of the Beiyue Dynasty at all, but only her mother of Feng Lin.

But Feng Lin had a feeling that whenever the Queen showed her such a motherly smile, she actually had other plans.As for her plan today, Feng Lin thought, it might have something to do with Qu Wanli.

Feng Lin hesitated for a moment, and deeply concealed the speculation in his heart.She raised her steps and walked towards the queen respectfully.When she got to the queen's side, she waved the palace attendant who was combing the queen's hair to step back, and took the comb from him.

Although the empress was over thirty years old, she had long hair that was well-maintained and glossy black.Not even a single gray hair.Feng Lin stood behind the queen, brushing her hair with the wooden comb in his hand.

Feng Lin didn't speak, or it should be said that she was waiting for the queen to ask first.

All the palace servants withdrew from the door, and the bedroom was silent for a while, only the slight rustling sound of the comb touching the hair.

After a while like this, the queen finally couldn't bear it anymore.She turned her head, with an unpredictable smile on her beautiful and mature face.She glanced at Fenglin out of the corner of her eye, seemingly inadvertently asking. "I heard that you sent troops to besiege the Right Prime Minister's Mansion last night, is there such a thing?"

As soon as the business was mentioned, the Queen's whole aura changed.Although the smile on her face has not disappeared.However, the majesty that belonged to the lord of a country could not be brought out from the tone of her speech.

Feng Lin's hands didn't stop, she combed the Queen's hair from the top of her head to the end of her hair.Until the queen's hair was all softly draped over the queen's shoulders, there was no mess in the slightest.

Feng Lin put the wooden comb back on the dressing table.Her eyes fell on the Queen's face through the bronze mirror in front of her eyes.Her gaze moved upwards slowly, until she met the Queen's gaze in the mirror, and she said: "I asked for orders to find out the truth about the murder of the Queen's sister. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. The real murderer is Prime Minister on the right. She originally conspired with the Huang Jie for rebellion, but who expected the Huang Jie to be found out by the ministers during the rebellion, so she was spared. But she was afraid that the Huang Jie would not be able to withstand the torture in the prison, so she was pushed out. Therefore That's why she wanted to kill her to silence her. So she bribed Qu Wanli to kill Huang Jie."

At first glance, Feng Lin's rhetoric was indeed watertight.But in the end, she had no proof.The empress didn't believe it, could it be that Feng Lin had arrested and convicted the right minister, who was the pillar of the country, just based on Qu Wanli's one-sided words?

Seeing the empress's lack of trust, Feng Lin explained: "Now the evidence is convincing, the prime minister has pleaded guilty. The empress can rest assured."

The queen's gaze changed slightly, and she nodded silently.Come to think of it, his mind wasn't on the prime minister at all.

Feng Lin knows better than anyone else that her seemingly benevolent Queen Mother is actually cruel and ruthless, perhaps even worse than she thinks!
So now that the right minister has been arrested, for her, it is just one less traitor who intends to betray her.And she has never softened her heart when dealing with traitors.

But now the empress thinks about Qu Wanli.She originally wanted to get rid of Qu Wanli, but suddenly, Qu Wanli and Feng Lin stood on the same side.This made the queen curious about how Fenglin subdued Qu Wanli, but at the same time forced her to change her original plan.

The queen knew it, Qu Wanli assassinated Feng Lin again and again.So she thought, this time Qu Wanli joined forces with Feng Lin just to avoid the catastrophe of An Ye Pavilion's destruction.

However, if Qu Wanli only surrendered to Feng Lin on the surface, but was still looking for an opportunity to kill her.Then, Qu Wanli is of great value to her, isn't it?After all, it is hard to find a pawn with strong martial arts and great resourcefulness.

The queen's sudden silence made Fenglin wonder if she was planning something again.

Feng Lin didn't understand. If Feng Jin was still there, it would be reasonable for the empress to use her to balance power with Feng Jin.But now that Feng Jin is dead, why does she feel that the Queen's wariness towards her has not diminished but increased instead?
Perhaps there is something else in this that she doesn't know.And Feng Lin had a feeling that once these things were revealed to the world, the entire Beiyue Dynasty, and even the world, would undergo earth-shaking changes.

Just when Feng Lin was lost in her own thoughts, the queen suddenly said: "Since that's the case, then the right minister will be handed over to Lin'er. However, I don't trust this song Wan Li."

Arriving here, the queen finally couldn't bear it anymore.He also told the reason why Zhao Fenglin and Qu Wanli entered the palace this time.But what Fenglin couldn't figure out was, what was the queen's purpose in bringing up Qu Wanli at this time?
Feng Lin thought about it for a while, and said: "Qu Wanli is now in the service of my ministers, so the empress need not worry."

"Really?" the queen said noncommittally.Her expression suddenly changed, she raised her head to look at Feng Lin and said, "I will personally verify this question."

Feng Lin was wondering what the empress was going to do, but at this moment she suddenly turned her head, facing the door of the bedroom and shouted: "Come here, bring Qu Wanli up."

As if seeing Feng Lin's doubts, the Queen said: "Lin'er, don't worry, I just want to test whether Qu Wanli can really be used by Lin'er! Go outside and wait for me to call."

The queen clearly has made up her mind, if she refuses at this time, I'm afraid it will be unreasonable.It's just that she still can't guess until now, what is the queen's intention when she sees Qu Wanli.

She hesitated for a while, and finally bowed her head to the queen, turned around, and walked towards the door.

As soon as Feng Lin walked to the door, the bedroom door opened automatically.As the door opened more and more, Feng Lin saw Qu Wanli who was brought over by the palace attendant.

Feng Lin and Qu Wanli exchanged glances.Neither of them spoke, and Hou Fenglin stepped out of the threshold first.Qu Wanli also walked in at the same time.The two passed by each other, and neither of them looked back until the bedroom door was closed again.Separate Feng Lin and Qu Wan inside and outside the bedroom.

Qu Wanli followed the palace attendant into the bedroom, and he heard the door close behind him.Although Feng Lin didn't say a word just now.But he could see clearly what she meant, and she told herself not to worry.

Qu Wanli followed the palace attendants and finally saw the empress sitting in a high position in the depths of the hall.Speaking of which, this was the first time he saw the real face of the queen, but he didn't have the slightest affection for this woman who was trying to destroy the Dark Night Pavilion.If he took off his mask at this time, the empress would definitely be able to see that face that was as cold as ice.

(End of this chapter)